November 09, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

Meet Drops, the new music app bringing back the fun of sharing songs with friends: The new music discovery app lets users scroll through 10-to-30-second snippets of songs, comment, and share with friends. Read More

Is Jensen Huang’s job on the line? Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld estimates it’s “about a 50-50”: Nvidia’s board is investigating Jensen Huang over his relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, and Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld thinks it’s roughly a coin flip whether Huang stays on as CEO. Read More

Automattic debuts a platform to deploy vibe coding apps amid a changing internet: Automattic aims to compete with likes of Lovable with Spacefast Read More

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Morning Must-Reads

Musk says Tesla will refund some Cybertruck deposits, defends decision to end production: Elon Musk defended the company's decision to stop making the Cybertruck, which will go out of production in around 8 months. Read More

Nvidia will investigate CEO Jensen Huang’s relationship with possible Chinese spy: In a memo to the company, Huang admitted that he had an affair. Read More

Apps to distract you from the endless cycle of doomscrolling: It's hard to break the cycle of doomscrolling, but there are plenty of apps that can help you spend more time on content that’s engaging and productive. Read More

SNL has a new impression of Elon Musk, ‘the worst thing South Africa has ever done’: SNL seems to have its knives out for tech executives. Read More

Meta expands Instagram's AI age-guessing tech globally: Meta says it will use its AI technology to look for clues about people it suspects to be teenagers — even if they use an adult birthday. Read More

Last but Not Least

Sequoia partners reportedly blindsided when Roelof Botha joined SpaceX board: A new report claims Sequoia's recent changes undo the legacy of the firm's former steward. Read More